Naval cannon

The Naval cannon was a war machine designed by Leonardo da Vinci for the Borgia forces during the Italian Wars. The cannon was manufactured at a dry dock at the Castel Dell'Ovo in Naples, and the architect Eduardo was hired to make the finishing touches to the cannon in 1502. The naval cannon was built similarly to a modern rocket launcher system, and it projected fire balls in an arc to cause wide-ranged damage. The cannon was typically mounted on a narrow gondola, and it could be used to devastating effect against the wooden sails of warships. Ezio Auditore da Firenze infiltrated the castle in 1502 and stole the weapon, used it to destroy the Borgia warships moored in the harbor, and used the cannon to destroy the gondola, destroying the only copy of the war machine.